SFRA07D-38
April 8, 2007
This scene was grabbed at the San Francisco Zoo. Peacocks are usually seen as such docile creatures, strutting around with their iridescent necks and big plummage. They kind of just walk around, without much fuss. But these two males clearly had it in for each other. They stalked round and round in a circle, and then all of a sudden they ranged up and clashed, squawking and flapping at each other. It was quite a unique scene, their long tails draping to the ground as the leaped at one another. They clearly have some good hops too, they're probably 4 feet off of the ground below. But I was lucky to be there at the right moment, and it has since become my most viewed image when I posted it on Flickr ages ago (despite it not being my best image ever created). I guess people just love a good cock fight.
Technical notes:
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon 80-200 f/2.8
Focal length: 200 mm
Exposure: 1/2000 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200
Post-processing: Minor curves adjustment in PS4 & LR1.4
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